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Webster 1913 Edition


Sacrificial

Sacˊri-fi′cial

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice.
Sacrificial rites.”
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sacrificial

SACRIFI'CIAL

,
Adj.
Performing sacrifice; included in sacrifice; consisting in sacrifice.

Definition 2024


sacrificial

sacrificial

English

Adjective

sacrificial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to sacrifice
    The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.
  2. Used as a sacrifice.
    The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.
    The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.

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Translations


Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sacrificiālis.

Adjective

sacrificial m, f (masculine and feminine plural sacrificials)

  1. sacrificial

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sacrificiālis.

Adjective

sacrificial m, f (plural sacrificiales)

  1. sacrificial

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